Kelheim (district)
District in Bavaria, Germany
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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(31 December 2023)[1]
Kelheim is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany, bound (from the north and clockwise) by the districts Regensburg, Landshut, Freising, Pfaffenhofen, Eichstätt and Neumarkt.
Geography
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The district is located halfway between Ingolstadt and Regensburg on both banks of the Danube. In the northwestern part it includes a part of the Altmühl Valley Nature Park and the confluence of Altmühl and Danube.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms displays:
- the blue and white checked pattern of Bavaria
- the roses symbolise the monasteries of Biburg and Weltenburg
- silver and black are the colours of Abensberg, which once was a free imperial city
Towns and municipalities
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References
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Kelheim.
- Official website (German)
- Altmühltal Nature Park (German, English)
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Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany
districts
- Amberg
- Ansbach
- Aschaffenburg
- Augsburg
- Bamberg
- Bayreuth
- Coburg
- Erlangen
- Fürth
- Hof
- Ingolstadt
- Kaufbeuren
- Kempten
- Landshut
- Memmingen
- München (Munich)
- Nürnberg (Nuremberg)
- Passau
- Regensburg
- Rosenheim
- Schwabach
- Schweinfurt
- Straubing
- Weiden
- Würzburg
districts
- Aichach-Friedberg
- Altötting
- Amberg-Sulzbach
- Ansbach
- Aschaffenburg
- Augsburg
- Bad Kissingen
- Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
- Bamberg
- Bayreuth
- Berchtesgadener Land
- Cham
- Coburg
- Dachau
- Deggendorf
- Dillingen
- Dingolfing-Landau
- Donau-Ries
- Ebersberg
- Eichstätt
- Erding
- Erlangen-Höchstadt
- Forchheim
- Freising
- Freyung-Grafenau
- Fürstenfeldbruck
- Fürth
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Günzburg
- Haßberge
- Hof
- Kelheim
- Kitzingen
- Kronach
- Kulmbach
- Landsberg
- Landshut
- Lichtenfels
- Lindau
- Main-Spessart
- Miesbach
- Miltenberg
- Mühldorf
- München (Munich)
- Neuburg-Schrobenhausen
- Neumarkt
- Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim
- Neustadt an der Waldnaab
- Neu-Ulm
- Nürnberger Land
- Oberallgäu
- Ostallgäu
- Passau
- Pfaffenhofen
- Regen
- Regensburg
- Rhön-Grabfeld
- Rosenheim
- Roth
- Rottal-Inn
- Schwandorf
- Schweinfurt
- Starnberg
- Straubing-Bogen
- Tirschenreuth
- Traunstein
- Unterallgäu
- Weilheim-Schongau
- Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
- Wunsiedel
- Würzburg
48°50′N 11°50′E / 48.83°N 11.83°E / 48.83; 11.83